Browsing Materials Engineering (MatEng) by thesis submitted date"2016"
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Bioremediation of Zinc using Pseudomonas Species - Mechanistic Studies and Biosensor Applications
(2018-03-01)The rivers, lakes and seas are the major water sources for the animal and plant kingdom in this earth. In recent times, the usage and wastage of water have been increasing due to the uncontrolled population growth. In ... -
Corrosion And Wear Behaviour of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation And Laser Surface Alloy Coatings Produced on Mg Alloys
(2017-10-11)In the present investigation, surface coatings employing laser surface alloying (LSA) and plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) processes have been prepared on Mg alloys. The coatings have been investigated for corrosion and ... -
Destabilisation and Failure of Cylindrical Nanopores : A Phase Field Study
(2017-11-28)Phase field models have played an important role in shaping our understanding of a variety of micro structural phenomena in materials. Their attractive features include (a) their ability to capture instabilities in ... -
Development of Corrosion Protective Coating Systems for AZ31B Magnesium Alloy
(2018-07-05)Magnesium and its alloys are extensively used for various industries such as aerospace, automobile and electronics due to their excellent properties such as low density, high strength and stiffness and electromagnetic ... -
Development of New High Strength Alloy in Cu-Fe-Si System through Rapid Solidification
(2018-02-21)Copper based alloys play important role in high heat flux applications, particularly in rocket technology, the liner of the combustion chamber, and also in other heat transfer vessels. In these applications, one needs ... -
Dry Sliding Wear of Saffil Short Fibre Reinforced AZ91D Mg Alloy Composite
(2018-03-01)Magnesium alloys have emerged as a promising material for light-weighting due to their potential for higher weight saving compared with advanced high-strength steel, aluminium alloys and glass fibre reinforced polymer ... -
Effect of Process Parameters on the Growth of N-Polar GaN on Sapphire by MOCVD
(2017-09-20)Group III-Nitrides (GaN, InN & AlN) are considered one of the most important class of semiconducting materials after Si and GaAs. The excellent optical and electrical properties of these nitrides result in numerous ... -
Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on Microstructure And Microtexture Evolution in Titanium Alloys
(2017-09-26)The properties of titanium alloys are based on alloy compositions and microstructures that consist of mixtures of the two allotropic modifications of titanium, the low temperature α (hcp) and the high temperature β (bcc) ... -
EMI Shielding Materials Derived from PC/SAN Blends Containing Engineered Nanoparticles
(2018-07-05)In recent years, increased use of electronic devices and wireless operations resulted in unavoidable electromagnetic (EM) pollution which has a significant impact on civil and military sectors. Considering the foremost ... -
Engineering Bioactive And Multifunctional Graphene Polymer Composites for Bone Tissue Regeneration
(2017-09-26)The growing incidences of orthopedic problems globally have created a huge demand for strong bioactive materials for bone tissue engineering. Over the years, studies have shown chemical, physical, and mechanical properties ... -
Hot Deformation Behaviour of Some Refractory Metals and Alloys
(2018-06-21)Out of the known refractory metals and alloys, molybdenum (Mo) and its alloys are very important due to their unique combination of properties which render them suitable for various applications. Owing to their good creep ... -
Interfacial Processes in Densification of Cubic Zirconia
(2018-02-21)Sintering, a process of forming dense solid bodies from powder compacts remains the most important route for processing of ceramics. The process of sintering involves formation and growth of necks during initial stage, ... -
Microstructural Evolution of Directionally Solidified Ni-Al-Re/Ru Alloys
Nickel based superalloys are high temperature materials which find application as blade and disc components of jet engines due to their ability to retain their mechanical properties at temperatures close to 0.8 of their ... -
Microstructural, Mechanical and Oxidation Behavior of Ni-Al-Zr Intermetallic Eutectic Alloys
(2018-01-04)The excellent high temperature microstructure stability, high strength, and oxidation resistance of intermetallics has for long driven the development of intermetallic based alloys. More recent studies demonstrated attractive ... -
Moisture Barrier Polymer Nanocomposites for Organic Device Encapsulation
(2018-07-10)The advancement in smart technologies for organic conducting polymers as flexible substrates in LEDs, PVs and solid state lighting necessitates the development of ultra-high barrier films to protect the devices from moisture ... -
Structure, Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Fe-Ga and R-Fe based Magnetostrictive Thin Films
(2018-02-27)Magnetostrictive materials belong to an important class of smart magnetic materials which have potential applications as ultrasonic transducers, sensors, actuators, delay lines, energy harvesting devices etc. Although, ... -
Studies on Bioremediation of Cr (VI) using Indigenous Bacterial Strains Isolated from a Chromite Mine
(2018-02-16)Heavy metals are released into the environment either by natural processes or by anthropogenic activities. Industries such as leather tanning, textiles, metallurgical, electroplating and mining activities discharge the ... -
Whisker Growth from Electrodeposited Sn Coatings - Developing Materials Science and Mechanics Based Insights
(2018-05-23)Pure Sn and Sn-alloys are widely used in electrical and microelectronic devices as protective layer to prevent oxidation of Cu conductors and also as a component of Pb-free, Sn-based solders. Sn coatings, typically 0.5-10 ...